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The shutdown command

The shutdown command lets you bring your system down in a secure way. When shutdown is executed the system will notify all logged-in users and disallow further logins. You have the option to shut down your system immediately or after a specific time.

Only users with root (or sudo) privileges can use the shutdown command.

Examples:

  1. Shut down your system immediately:
sudo shutdown now
  1. Shut down your system after 10 minutes:
sudo shutdown +10
  1. Shut down your system with a message after 5 minutes:
sudo shutdown +5 "System will shutdown in 5 minutes"

Syntax:

shutdown [OPTIONS] [TIME] [MESSAGE]

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:

Short Flag Long Flag Description
-r - Reboot the system
-c - Cancel an scheduled shut down